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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of company does Edith become involved in after her father's death?
(a) Theater.
(b) Florist.
(c) Law office.
(d) Catering.

2. What does Katherine do after she resigns from the university?
(a) Gets married.
(b) Leaves town.
(c) Kills herself.
(d) Moves to Hawaii.

3. Who does Edith begin using against Stoner after her father's death?
(a) David.
(b) Grace.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Ed.

4. Who does Lomax threaten to fire after finding out about Stoner's affair?
(a) Stoner.
(b) Katherine.
(c) No one.
(d) Both Katherine and Stoner.

5. What is Stoner doing when Katherine comes to visit him in Chapter XII?
(a) Grading papers.
(b) Meeting with a student.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

6. What is the name of the graduate student Stoner meets with at the beginning of Chapter IX?
(a) Charles Walker.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Katherine Driscoll.
(d) David Masters.

7. What is the name of the young woman who audits Stoner's seminar?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Jane.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Elizabeth.

8. How long is Stoner and Katherine's only trip away together?
(a) 3 days.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) 2 weeks.

9. How does Lomax react when Stoner refuses to pass Walker?
(a) Slightly upset.
(b) Happy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Livid.

10. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

11. Who attacks Katherine's presentation in Stoner's seminar?
(a) William Stoner.
(b) Ed Frye.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Charles Walker.

12. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?
(a) Continues giving him poor classes.
(b) Gives him his schedule back.
(c) Moves his office.
(d) Fires him.

13. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?
(a) Ehrhardt.
(b) Walker.
(c) Holland.
(d) Frye.

14. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
(a) Holland.
(b) Lomax.
(c) Finch.
(d) Frye.

15. How does Stoner describe his relationship with Edith after beginning an affair with Katherine?
(a) Much worse.
(b) Friendlier.
(c) More abusive.
(d) Livilier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a cripple in the book?

2. Who tries to convince Lomax to give Stoner his good class schedule back in Chapter XIV?

3. Which of the following ways does Stoner's personality not change in Chapter XIV?

4. What year does Stoner note the Nazis engaging in the Spanish Civil War in the book?

5. How does Walker react to Stoner when he is threatened to be failed in his seminar?

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